MOWRY v. WHITNEY


81 U.S. 620 (1871)

14 Wall. 620

MOWRY v. WHITNEY.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. A.G. Thurman and C.B. Collier, for the appellant.

Messrs. B.R. Curtis, E.W. Stoughton, and H. Baldwin, Jr., contra.


Mr. Justice STRONG delivered the opinion of the court.

The defences set up to the complainant's bill for an infringement are, that the patent is void for want of novelty in the invention, and for want of utility, and also that it has not been infringed by the defendant.

To determine how far these defences are sustained it is important to have a clear apprehension of the state...

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